News - Hennef Visit - June 2006
Hook Norton Brass Band got the World Cup off to a flying start when they were guests of the people of Hennef at the opening weekend in Germany. from 8th until the 11th of June.
The Band were invited by the people of Hennef and Banbury twinning Association to perform there as part of the celebrations to commemorate 25 years of Banbury’s association with the lovely town of Hennef.
The band arrived in Germany to magnificent weather and cloudless blue skies where they were met by their hosts.On Friday 9th June they were welcomed at a civic reception at Hennef Town Hall in the presence of the Mayor of Hennef and the Mayor of Banbury.The day was then spent on a guided tour of Cologne ending with a cooling boat trip along the Rhine.
On Saturday the real business of the visit began when the band played in Hennef Market Square in temperatures of 25 degrees plus and that was just in the morning.
In the afternoon, those people that wanted to, watched the opening ceremony of the World Cup and others attended a picnic under the trees of the Kurpark in the town. The climax of the visit that evening was an open air concert in the park where a large audience was treated to some typical British Brass Band numbers.
On Sunday everyone said their goodbyes and were sad to leave such hospitable people but were happy in the knowledge that relations between Banbury and Hennef could only go from strength to strength.
John Eades
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